Trophy Driving Light Suggestions Needed.

Welcome to the forum! I had a 2013 Trophy SE, but it was completely stock, so I can't help with your question. I'm sure someone will come along that is able to provide some information.

 

Some idea of which model may help someone to give you some suggestions .......

Mk 1 ? Mk 2 ? 1215 ? Se ? all different body shapes

 

Same question: I just bought a 2013 Trophy SE. My 2011 Sprint GT had Twisted Throttle dual intensity driving lights mounted on the faring bolts at the outside of the faring, about as wide as the handlebars. They added greatly to the light on the rural roads in NJ that I often ride in the dark (PS. NJ is filthy with deer!). I'm looking for aux lights for my Trophy that help define the outside profile of the bike (for reasons of visibility) and to help spot varmints by the side of the road.
I've seen aux lights mounted to the body bolts inside the front wheel well, but they are essentially under the headlights. I was hoping for an "outboard" mounting.
Also, how do you electrically connect the wiring to the hi/lo beam switch?

Any help is greatly appreciated, even if it just ideas for me to explore! Thanks!

 

Regarding the deer, I did see someone in a UK bike magazine who had fitted an FLIR to his BMW. I could also do with that roudn my way. Bike versus a ton of stag generally does not have decent outcome for either party.

 

Hitting a Deer at speed can write your car off so you've small chance on a bike. I was chasing my mate over the Cat & Fiddle years ago when he ran over a Stoat that almost fetched him off. He was cranked over on a right hander and it went under the rear wheel making the backend step out! He nearly shit himself, I nearly pissed myself.

 

How do you know it wasn't a weasel? Apparently, they are weasely mistaken, but stoately different.

Sorry - I'll get my coat...

 

Couple of pictures of the extra lights on my sprint gt. Bought a switch from ebay and wired them straight to the battery through a relay. Think they are 10w led - weren't very expensive. The driving experience at night is miles better.

 

I have the same aux light installation on my Sprint. For my Trophy, I will likely mount the aux lights above the front wheel in the well. My Trophy has the lights wired to the headlight switch for the bike, so the headlights and driving lights work synonymously (High and low beams).
Does anyone know how to wire aux lights to the Trophy hi/low beam switch? I'd rather not have a separate switch for the aux lights if I can help it.

Thanks for any wisdom!

 

You could try picking up the switched live to the high beam on the back of the light to operate the relay. As belt and braces you could also route that feed via a handlebar switch so you could still use the high beam by itself or by operating the switch have the aux lights come on when you select full beam and off when you go to dipped.

 

Thanks for that. I'll have to think about that. My preference is to have the aux lights parallel the headlights; dipped and high beams alike. With three wires to the back of the headlights, I'd have to determine which one operates the high and low beams, and connect them to the correct of the three wires going into the aux lights. OR, I could use the supplied separate switch. Hmmm.

 

As a bit of a curve ball, I have aux lights on my ditchpump, but some Chinese knock offs rather than the OE ones as they're stupid expensive. To power them I have a Hexezecan with 1 channel used for each so the left and right aux lights are powered independently. I've done that so when my indicators come on the auz light on that side goes out to make my indicators more noticeable. To allow this to happen with the handlebar on/off switch so I can switch the aux lights off as and when I want to, e.g. approaching horses I ran the negative earth wires to the lights through the switch, rather than the power as it's only a 1 gang switch.

 

Wow! Clever approach! You have duplicated how new cars that have LED running lights or decorative lights turned off when the turn indicators are used to make the turn indicator more obvious. I'm not familiar with the terms "ditchpump" or "Hexezecan". Can you explain?

Also, forgive my continued ignorance, but which handlebar on/off switch are you referencing? My headlights are on by default and can't be shut off. The only switch I have is high/low beam. Unless you mean the switch supplied with the aux light kit? This would allow you to turn off the aux lights when desired, but typically turning off both lights.

Thanks for sharing this idea, and I'm keen to see if I can duplicate this design!

 

Ditchpump is the term used on here to describe BMW boxer twins I'm on my 5th, the Hexezecan is a devise you plug into the bike's wiring loom to pick up a switched live and allow you to power things like extra lights, extra horn, or a bikecam etc. On the BMW it just plugs into where the loom going into the TOMS module under the seat and ate available for Triumph. Denali have a similar module which I think is the same thing.
Home - HEX ezCAN https://share.google/dk90TMgRN4EmwUxVY

Yes, it's the switch supplied with the aux lights like this one

https://ebay.us/m/66Wszj

HTH